Could Google put a man on the moon

mickdw

Just wondering, considering the resources and capability of google, could they send a man to the moon?
We generally think of government agencies undertaking such projects but if it made commercial sense to do it, could they?

Sir Arthur Daley

Google can do anything, they are loaded.

shopaholic01

Google it and see.

Orlaw3136

http://bit.ly/N503Zn

The Dagda

They'll put a car with a camera on it, so we can all see it from the comfort of our beds...

Lapin

Street view on the moon would get a bit boring after a minute or so.

Oh look, a stone. Oh look, another stone.

Occasionally - Look a golf ball, some footprints and an American fleg.

Then - Oh look, another stone.........

Sir Arthur Daley

Lapin wrote: »

an American fleg.

That would be proof they were on the moon.

mickdw

Lapin wrote: »

Occasionally - Look a golf ball, some footprints and an American fleg.
...

ya right

Karl Stein

mickdw wrote: »

if it made commercial sense to do it, could they?

The question is difficult to understand.

If it made 'commercial sense' (I'm presuming you mean if it were profitable?) then it would already be happening like how the Russians take tourists to space.

Vito Corleone

Let's play Twister, let's play Risk.

Holsten

Yes, easily.

They have the money and if they done it in the 1960's they sure as hell could do it now.

vicwatson

Coponopseriously

jane82

With all the satelites up there now why hasnt there been a picture of the moon landing site.

RobbingBandit

Probably not, but photoshop can.

Karl Stein

jane82 wrote: »

With all the satelites up there now why hasnt there been a picture of the moon landing site.

Here you go.

shopaholic01

Vito Corleone wrote: »

Let's play Twister, let's play Risk.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

jane82

Charles Rocher wrote: »

Here you go.

Well that proves it so.
Fair play to them.

mickdw

Charles Rocher wrote: »

The question is difficult to understand.

If it made 'commercial sense' (I'm presuming you mean if it were profitable?) then it would already be happening like how the Russians take tourists to space.

Could be a long game, could be used to open up new markets to them, attract a type of employee etc.

vicwatson

Coponopseriously

Cookie_Monster

running the internet (:))isn't exactly the same as building giant rockets and flying the millions of km, I doubt Google could do it without significant outside help.

Baze

Well, they have purchased Nasa's Hanger One and plan to grow plants on the Moon in order to create a "habitable environment".. so maybe.

BetterThanThou

Google have a crapload of money, the technology is already there, the expertise is already there, all they have to do is buy the technology and hire the experts. But, there's no reason, that's why NASA hasn't been there in roughly 40 years, it's a dead rock in the sky, there's nothing to be gained by going there. And we can't even build anything there, space travel is far too expensive to do that. But really, if there's something that can possibly be done, Google can do it.

Karl Stein

mickdw wrote: »

Could be a long game, could be used to open up new markets to them, attract a type of employee etc.

To Google? Google is a profit seeking company - they seek profit in the short term for their share holders. Private companies don't take on grand projects like governments do unless there is guaranteed profit in the near future.

For example, there are no privately built, funded and insured nuclear power stations. There are no privately built national road networks. There are no privately built national electricity supply systems.

Sir Arthur Daley

Could Google build houses on the moon?

jane82

Could a bird fly into space if it had a little birdy spacesuit on it that allaowed wing movement. Is there a height birds can fly at. Whats the world record for the highest altitude reach by a bird.

Karl Stein

jane82 wrote: »

Could a bird fly into space if it had a little birdy spacesuit on it that allaowed wing movement.

No, because birds have developed to fly in air, not space, where there is no air. You can't just fly out of the atmosphere with wings because wings depend on air.

Is there a height birds can fly at. Whats the world record for the highest altitude reach by a bird.

21 Thousand feet. Higher than Mount Everest but lower than the height commercial jet liners fly at.

jane82

Bar headed goose eh amazing.
If you had an infinite amount of speed.and a 89degree sloped ramp coud your motorbike go up that ramp and straight into space?

Karl Stein

jane82 wrote: »

Bar headed goose eh amazing.
If you had an infinite amount of speed.and a 89degree sloped ramp coud your motorbike go up that ramp and straight into space?

Not a motorbike because it's the wrong shape.

Edit: Infinite amount of speed? Afaia the speed of light cannot be surpassed so top speed is finite rather than infinite. You can't accelerate to faster than the speed of light.

Tokyo

The Dagda wrote: »

They'll put a car with a camera on it, so we can all see it from the comfort of our beds...

Like this, you mean?

jane82

Charles Rocher wrote: »

Not a motorbike because it's the wrong shape.

Edit: Infinite amount of speed? Afaia the speed of light cannot be surpassed so top speed is finite rather than infinite. You can't accelerate to faster than the speed of light.

Ok say our motorbike was travelling at the speed of light when it hit the ramp. Once it hits space will it keep travelling. Will it make it that far?
If something is pushed in a direction in space does it keep travelling in that direction provided no meteor or planets come into play?

irishmover

Holsten wrote: »

Yes, easily.

They have the money and if they done it in the 1960's they sure as hell could do it now.

Just because they done it in the 60's doesn't mean they can do it now.

Afterall, the Moon is moving away at an alarming rate. Approximately 159.6mm since the last Moon landing in '72.

Not. Possible.

Tokyo

jane82 wrote: »

Ok say our motorbike was travelling at the speed of light when it hit the ramp. Once it hits space will it keep travelling. Will it make it that far?

Motorbike would have infinite mass at the speed of light, so wouldn't leave much of the ramp standing when it hit it...

If something is pushed in a direction in space does it keep travelling in that direction provided no meteor or planets come into play?

Newtons laws state that an object in motion will say in motion unless acted upon by an external force, so assuming that NO forces act upon the object then (gravity from other bodies, etc) yes, it will keep moving in that direction at a constant velocity.

Sir Arthur Daley

The motorbike would need an extra large fuel tank and 4 wheel drive.

jane82

Ok say it wasnt a motorbike but a catapult that could be stretched around the earth infinite amount of times.
Would it be relatively easy to shoot something straight into space?

Tokyo

jane82 wrote: »

Ok say it wasnt a motorbike but a catapult that could be stretched around the earth infinite amount of times.
Would it be relatively easy to shoot something straight into space?

Nope. Any material that had infinite elasticity would not be able to exert a force. i.e. imagine a catapult that you could pull back forever - you'd never reach a point where it would be taut enough to launch a projectile.

jane82

Ok say it was really stretchy. So stretchy that it only got tight after being pulled around the earth 5 million times. The science people worked out rollers and all sorts of stuff to harness this energy best.

Karl Stein

jane82 wrote: »

Ok say it was really stretchy. So stretchy that it only got tight after being pulled around the earth 5 million times. The science people worked out rollers and all sorts of stuff to harness this energy best.

Or we could have supersonic Butterflies tethered to a spacecraft that are trained to sling it into outer space?

Why can't that happen?

Tokyo

jane82 wrote: »

Ok say it was really stretchy. So stretchy that it only got tight after being pulled around the earth 5 million times. The science people worked out rollers and all sorts of stuff to harness this energy best.

Standard catapult elastic weighs .05kg per metre, or 2.00375e+13 kg for the 200,375,000,000 (times two) kilometres of it you'd need to wrap round the earth 5 million times. Fraid not...

jane82

Charles Rocher wrote: »

Or we could have supersonic Butterflies tethered to a spacecraft that are trained to sling it into outer space?

Why can't that happen?

Thats rediculous butterflies would get dizzy with the altitude.
Im gonna figure this one out I need help from the science people of after hours to do this. I think outside the box they try to keep me in it. We will have a plan by the end of the week.
Buckin butterflies.

Tokyo

You need to build yourself a Space Gun. Obviously.

jane82

mike_ie wrote: »

Standard catapult elastic weighs .05kg per metre, or 2.00375e+13 kg for the 200,375,000,000 (times two) kilometres of it you'd need to wrap round the earth 5 million times. Fraid not...

Hmm this is proven to be quite the connundrum. But are you saying its impossible to invent some super elastic?
I think the hitching a ride on a comet plan is genius. Imagine using comets as bus services. Its not far away.

Sir Arthur Daley

Could we dose up Lance Armstrong and give him a cervelo to try and launch the spacecraft?

jane82

mike_ie wrote: »

You need to build yourself a Space Gun. Obviously.

There is somebody already out there competing with me. **** better up my game. Catapult is out just like the gun because g force would kill everybody in the shuttle hitting space at that speed.
What if we found a way to move planets?

MrVestek

jane82 wrote: »

There is somebody already out there competing with me. **** better up my game. Catapult is out just like the gun because g force would kill everybody in the shuttle hitting space at that speed.
What if we found a way to move planets?

Go to bed Jane.

jane82

MrVestek wrote: »

Go to bed Jane.

Somebody fell off the spacewagon. If we removed the suns forces temporarily would earth start moving in a different direction?
Could we starhop that way.

Tokyo

jane82 wrote: »

Somebody fell off the spacewagon. If we removed the suns forces temporarily would earth start moving in a different direction?

Yep - it, and all of the other planets in the solar system would sail off in a straight line into space.

jane82

mike_ie wrote: »

Yep - it, and all of the other planets in the solar system would sail off in a straight line into space.

Amazing really. Has nasa ever looked into it? Imagine solar hopping. Just treating each star as a port until we got close to a habitable planet.

fergalr

jane82 wrote: »

Amazing really. Has nasa ever looked into it? Imagine solar hopping. Just treating each star as a port until we got close to a habitable planet.

Jane82: This website might be up your alley: http://what-if.xkcd.com/

Sir Arthur Daley

Would Google Chrome be a brighter prospect?

jane82

Is the secret of long distance space travel using the planet as a boat?
Of course heat would need to be stored. Gravitational pull would need to be taken out for some time.
Is this in anyway possible?
They are landing spaceships on comets apparantly.

Ruu

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